James Barragán '13

James Barragán '13, former Daily Bruin editor-in-chief and Regents scholar, has been named by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University to its 86th class of fellows. He is one of 24 global journalists selected for a year of study at Harvard, where they will work on ambitious projects ranging from the climate crisis to artificial intelligence.

Barragán, a politics reporter for The Texas Tribune, will study the deterioration of traditional democratic norms in the U.S., such as press access to government officials and proceedings, the impact that has on the availability of reliable information and the dangers posed by those who benefit from the rollbacks.

Read the complete news release here.